range
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See also rangé
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹeɪndʒ/, SAMPA: /r\eIndZ/
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Noun
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range (plural ranges)
- Line or series of mountains.
- Large fuel-burning stove.
- Selection, array. Eg: A range of cars.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- We could see the ship at a range of five miles.
- One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash.
- Maximum range of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
- This missile's range is 500 kilometres.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- Jones has good range for a big man.
- (music) Compass - The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
[edit] Synonyms
- (area for military training): base
- (area for military training): training area
- (area for military training): training ground
- (distance to an object): distance
- (distance to an object): radius
[edit] Antonyms
- (values a function can obtain): domain
[edit] Holonyms
- (values a function can obtain): codomain
[edit] Derived terms
- (area for practicing shooting): archery range
- (area for practicing shooting): firing range
- (area for practicing shooting): indoor range
- (area for practicing shooting): shooting range
- (area for practicing shooting): target range
- (area for military training): air weapons range
- (area for military training): artillery range
- (area for military training): grenade range
- (area for military training): live-fire range
- (area for military training): missile range
- (area for military training): rocket range
- (area for military training): tank range
- (maximum range): effective range
- (maximum range): maximum range
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
line of mountains
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large fuel-burning stove
selection, array
area used for shooting, artillery, etc.
area of open, often unfenced, grazing land
(mathematics) set of values of a function
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distance to the subject
ecology
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[edit] Verb
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to range (third-person singular simple present ranges, present participle ranging, simple past and past participle ranged)
- (intransitive) (followed by over) or (transitive) To travel over (an area, etc) with a particular purpose.
- (intransitive) (mathematics, computing; followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
- (transitive) classify
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] Translations
- Portuguese: [3] classificar
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[edit] Etymology
Allegedly coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in the 20th century.
[edit] Adjective
range
